Macaulaytown Residents

The York Commercial Directory, Street Guide, and Register 1833–4 lists the following residents in Macaulaytown. The Directory defines “Macaulay Town” as “a block of Land situated on the North side of Lot-street West, originally belonging to Doctor Macaulay; it commences at the corner of Elliott’s Tavern, Yonge-street, takes in all Lot street West on the North side as far as Osgoode Hall”, the sites of today’s Eaton’s Centre, Old City Hall, and Nathan Phillips Square.

*Robertson’s landmarks of Toronto : a collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1833, and of Toronto from 1834 to 1898. Volume 3, describes the Teraulay Street cottage of a Robert Millen, carpenter.

Above: This detail of the patent plan of York Township shows the narrow 100-acre Park Lots stretching between today's Queen Street and Bloor Street. A patent plan was an important working document in the surveyor's office showing the land ownership. Perhaps as early as 1796, this plan certainly dates from prior to 1834 when the Town of York changed to the City of Toronto. (Patent Plans, “York Township”, [178?]-[ca. 1978], Archives of Ontario, RG 1-100)